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Germany: religion in the workplace in the aftermath of the Pegida movement
Regardless of the future that the anti-islam movement Pegida might have, it has instigated a major debate in Germany with regard to the opportunities and the issues around immigration, the place...
Famar: establishment of a European Works Council
On the 2nd of October 2014, the Greek company Famar established a European Works Council (EWC) subject to Luxembourg legislation. The company has more than 3000 employees in 5 European countries...
22 January 2015
Great Britain : boosting skills in the automobile industry
At a time where the British automobile industry in booming, mainly supported by international investments, the government and the manufacturers have announced they will spend 30 million Pounds on...
22 January 2015
Great Britain: are salaries really too low?
Whilst strike action demanding higher wages has become more frequent over the past few months all political bodies including the Prime Minister David Cameron are now calling for businesses to...
20 January 2015
Italy: experts examine the new ‘indefinite employment contracts with rising levels of social protection’
The first decree from the Jobs Act that was approved in December 2014 (c.f. article No. 8763) will replace most cases of employee re-instatement due to unfair dismissal (Article 18 of the Workers...
20 January 2015
Poland: the government and unions sign an agreement ending a wave of miners’ protests in Silesia
The agreement signed on Saturday January 18 ended significant social protest by miners in Silesia that has been ongoing since January 7 when a recovery plan for the largest mining company in...
20 January 2015
Germany: IG Metall puts co-determination and vocational training in preparation for the increasing digitalization of the industry at the center of its 2015 priorities
A few days after the metal industry regional negotiations on renewing collective agreements got off to a start on January 14, 2015 the president of IG Metall, Detlef Wetzel has given positive...
20 January 2015
Great Britain: Cadbury achieves historic voluntary redundancies at its Bournville plant and the remaining employees are willing to take on more flexibility in their jobs
A voluntary redundancy deal at chocolate bar maker Cadbury’s Bourneville plant in Birmingham will see more than 200 workers receive an average pay off of £100,000 each. The size of the pay offs is...
19 January 2015
Slovakia: commentary on the law governing employee whistleblowing
On October 16, 2014 the National Council of the Slovak Republic passed law No. 304/2014 Coll. that treats certain aspects of whistleblowing and which came into force on January 01, 2015. The law...
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19 January 2015
Peru: widespread mobilization against the new youth labor law
A new regime for hiring 18-24 year olds, which officially aims to reduce youth employment uncertainty, has generated discontent among a growing sector of opinion.
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19 January 2015
Great Britain: round three of naming and shaming employers not paying the national minimum wage embarrasses H&M and Welcome Break
In the third tranche of ‘naming and shaming’ employers who fail to pay their employees the national minimum wage (NMW), the government has announced the first cases of two major employers who...
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16 January 2015
Great Britain: McDonald’s backs an employers’ campaign to promote employee soft skills
British employers are campaigning for soft skills to be taken seriously as business success factors. They estimate soft skills to be worth 88 million GBP (113.5 million euros) to the British...
15 January 2015
Holcim/Lafarge: an international union campaign so that the cement makers merger will result in both social as well as economic benefits
Two world leaders in the cement and buildings industry: Holcim and Lafarge will join forces to create a new group that will employ 130,000 with revenues of 35 billion euros. Faced with what will...
15 January 2015
Denmark: the agri-food and metalworkers unions both under the LO banner prepare to merge
Whilst the merger between the two main Danish confederations, LO and FTF will be at the top of their respective agendas during their Autumn congress meetings, two unions under the LO umbrella: NNF...
15 January 2015
Great Britain: London’s Unite union bus drivers go on strike to seek a collective bargaining agreement that will curb wage disparities for the city’s drivers
Bus drivers in London, members of the Unite union, have taken a one-day strike action in pursuit of a London-wide collective bargaining agreement with all the eighteen bus operators in the...
14 January 2015
Brazil: thousands of automobile sector workers march on the motorway near São Paulo
On January 12, between 7,000 and 30,000 workers from the Volkswagen, Ford, and Mercedes-Benz factories marched in protest at 1,000 job cuts. The march signals an escalation in social conflict that...
14 January 2015
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
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